Immigration announce crackdown on illegal activities at tourist sites throughout Thailand

 

Picture: Naewna

 

BANGKOK: -- The immigration department has announced a crackdown on illegal activities at tourist sites throughout Thailand as the tourist season gets into full swing ahead of the New Year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958554-immigration-announce-crackdown-on-illegal-activities-at-tourist-sites-throughout-thailand/

 

Police issue warrant for rapist of Aussie tourist - he is a motorcycle taxi rider not a tuk-tuk driver 

 

Picture: Thairath

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of a 32 year old man who they say raped the Aussie tourist in Bangkok. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958555-police-issue-warrant-for-rapist-of-aussie-tourist-he-is-a-motorcycle-taxi-rider-not-a-tuk-tuk-driver/

Submit your photos for the 2017 Thaivisa Calendar

 

Continuing the great work done by Tywais and team in previous years, it's that time of year for starting the design of the 2017/2560 Thaivisa Calendar.

 

Previous calendars, 2010-2016, were a great success due to the excellent photo contributions from Thaivisa members.

 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956062-submit-your-photos-for-the-2017-thaivisa-calendar/#comment-11378419

 

Major General and "James Bond" try to rid themselves of bad luck 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

CHIANG MAI: --  The man at the center of the beating outside the toilets at the Malin Sky pub in Chiang Mai has attended a merit making ceremony to cast out bad luck. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958565-major-general-and-james-bond-try-to-rid-themselves-of-bad-luck /

This is what cancer can do - Facebook user hits back at claims she is a fake 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

BANGKOK: -- A Facebook user who posted before and after pictures and a video about her struggle with cancer has hit back at people who said she is a fake. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958559-this-is-what-cancer-can-do-facebook-user-hits-back-at-claims-she-is-a-fake/

Prime Minister shows a lot of good moves - then trips up! 

 

Picture: Manager Online

 

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha might occasionally admit that he has tripped up in the past but yesterday it was proven at Government House. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958562-prime-minister-shows-a-lot-of-good-moves-then-trips-up/

USA woman's drug and abduction claim is fabrication, say police 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A national police spokesman has said that claims made on television by an American woman that she was drugged and abducted from a Bangkok bar were made up. 

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958558-usa-womans-drug-and-abduction-claim-is-fabrication-say-police/

 

A tugboat sank after it caught fire

 

 

CHONBURI: -- A tug boat sank into the bottom of the sea in front of Dok Mai island of Chon Buri on Wednesday after its engine room caught fire and started burning.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958580-a-tugboat-sinks-after-it-caught-fire/

 

BMTA labour union to demand NGV bus supplier blacklisted

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The labour union of Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) has asked the city bus operator to demand Bestlin Group to deliver all the 489 NGV buses to BMTA within December 29 deadline.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958581-bmta-labour-union-to-demand-ngv-bus-supplier-blacklisted/

 

NLA insists there is no turning back on computer crime bill despite protests

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The National Legislative Assembly will not back down on its push for the passage of the new computer crime law despite increasing protests by netizens fearing that the law will usher in the dreaded “Single Gateway”.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958582-nla-insists-there-is-no-turning-back-on-computer-crime-bill-despite-protests/

 

NACC and OAG asked to probe NBTC for failing to enforce per-second airtime charge

 

 

BANGKOK: -- The Independent Committee for Consumers’ Protection will ask the National Anti-Corruption Commission and the Office of the Auditor-General to investigate the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission for its failure to enforce mobile phone airtime charge on per-second basis.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958583-nacc-and-oag-asked-to-probe-nbtc-for-failing-to-enforce-per-second-airtime-charge/

 

Dhammakaya spokesman faces defamation accusation

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Former forest department deputy director-general Vitoon Chalayonnavin, on Wednesday, lodged a complaint with Klong Luang district police in Pathum Thani province accusing spokesman of Wat Dhammakaya Mr Ong-art Thamnitha of committing defamation against him.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958584-dhammakaya-spokesman-faces-defamation-accusation/

 

DNAs of ten stuffed dead tiger cubs do not match with any of 147 tigers

 

 

BANGKOK: -- Officials of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plants Conservation are puzzled after findings from DNA tests show that the ten stuffed dead tiger cubs were not genetically linked with any of the 147 tigers seized from Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958585-dnas-of-ten-stuffed-dead-tiger-cubs-do-not-match-with-any-of-147-tigers/

 

BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels: Deal to evacuate fighters, civilians from eastern Aleppo is back on, implementation to begin within hours.

Bar worker kidnapped in Jomtien

By Digital Admin -

 

  

PATTAYA: -- At 3.30am, on the morning of December 14, Pattaya police received reports that a woman had been abducted from a street in front of Champion Bar at Lan Poh Market, Jomtien.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958586-bar-worker-kidnapped-in-jomtien/

 

Teen confesses to killing cabbie who allegedly assaulted his girlfriend

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

The taxi driver was found dead at his home. Photo: Sanook

 

BANGKOK: -- A 15-year-old boy confessed to stabbing a Bangkok taxi driver to death because the driver allegedly assaulted his teen girlfriend.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958588-teen-confesses-to-killing-cabbie-who-allegedly-assaulted-his-girlfriend/

 

FOX sues Bangkok Bank Over 2.5B Baht Licensing Deal

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter -

 

 

BANGKOK — One of the world’s largest media conglomerates filed suit against one of Thailand’s biggest commercial banks Wednesday, accusing it of failing to make good on obligations it guaranteed under a multi-billion baht digital media deal.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958590-fox-sues-bangkok-bank-over-25b-baht-licensing-deal/

 

Suranand defends transparency in rice-pledging scheme before court
By THE NATION

 

Suranand

 

BANGKOK: -- SURANAND VEJJAJIVA, the former secretary-general of ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra, yesterday defended the previous government’s rice-pledging scheme, while he said there had not been restrictions about the disclosure of public information concerning the controversial scheme.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958593-suranand-defends-transparency-in-rice-pledging-scheme-before-court/

 

UPDATE:

 

Single Gateway ‘Still Necessary,’ Deputy PM Prawit Says

By Sasiwan Mokkhasen, Staff Reporter -

 

Opponents of Thailand’s single gateway project have adopted a personification of the project called Nong Kalaland by artist Wisaruth Wisidh.

 

BANGKOK — Confirming the fears of digital rights activists who said a plan to bring the internet  under direct government control never went away, a member of the junta said Wednesday that a single internet gateway was still necessary.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958582-nla-insists-there-is-no-turning-back-on-computer-crime-bill-despite-protests/?do=findComment&comment=11423811

 

Police hunt for maid after Bt7m stolen from home
By The Nation

 

Khin Myat Upu

 

BANGKOK: -- Police have issued an arrest warrant for a 30-year-old Myanmar maid who allegedly stole valuables and cash worth Bt7 million only four days after she started working for her employer in Bangkok’s Thon Buri district.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958595-police-hunt-for-maid-after-bt7m-stolen-from-home/

 

Prayut carrying burden of anti-corruption fight
By The Nation

 

In the absence of oversight normally provided by democratic institutions, PM must lead from the front  

 

BANGKOK: -- In an event held to mark International Anti-Corruption Day last Friday, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called on all parties to join forces in the fight against this national scourge. He emphasised the importance of raising public understanding of Thai society’s problem with graft, and the need to foster an anti-corruption culture among citizens.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958596-prayut-carrying-burden-of-anti-corruption-fight/

 

New political party law: Using election boycott as a bargaining chip
By Suthichai Yoon 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Politicians flocked to a meeting yesterday to debate a draconian draft law – perhaps the most stringent in history – aimed at governing their activities in the run-up to the general election scheduled for the latter part of next year.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958597-new-political-party-law-using-election-boycott-as-a-bargaining-chip/

 

Yahoo says one billion user accounts affected in another breach of its systems /BBC

UPDATE:

 

Rejigged computer crime law triggers fears of Big Brother politics
By Attayuth Bootsripoom 
The Nation

 

BANGKOK: -- Today sees the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) deliberate the bill to amend the Computer Crime Act of 2007.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958582-nla-insists-there-is-no-turning-back-on-computer-crime-bill-despite-protests-single-gateway-‘still-necessary’-deputy-pm-prawit-says/?do=findComment&comment=11423840

 

UPDATE:

 

Temple spokesman urges police to withdraw complaint
By ANAN WICHITPRACHA, 
PONGSATHAT RUJIPHUTTANYAPHAT 
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- ONGART THAMNITA, the spokesman for followers of Dhammakaya Temple, yesterday urged the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to withdraw its police complaint against him and other temple adherents rather than “impose fear upon people”.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958584-dhammakaya-spokesman-faces-defamation-accusation/?do=findComment&comment=11423848

 

Governor Aswin promises fast work to fix Bangkok’s problems
By TANATPONG KONGSAI 
THE NATION

 

 

BANGKOK: -- JUNTA-INSTALLED Bangkok Governor Pol General Aswin Kwanmuang has promised to immediately deliver solutions to the capital’s problems as he is not sure how long he will be in office.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958598-governor-aswin-promises-fast-work-to-fix-bangkok’s-problems/

 

US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for second time in a decade

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates the first time this year and the second time in a decade.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958600-us-federal-reserve-raises-interest-rates-for-second-time-in-a-decade/

 

Philippines’ Duterte boasts he personally killed crime suspects

 

 

MANILA: -- President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines is under scrutiny again after claiming he had personally killed crime suspects when he was a city mayor, to set an example to police.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958601-philippines’-duterte-boasts-he-personally-killed-crime-suspects/

 

Trump’s Energy choice promises Perry Christmas for fossil fuel lobby

Robert Hackwill

 

 

WASHINGTON: -- The former governor of Texas and twice unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, Rick Perry, has been confirmed as Donald Trump’s Energy secretary-in-waiting.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958602-trump’s-energy-choice-promises-perry-christmas-for-fossil-fuel-lobby/

 

Evacuation under threat as Aleppo ceasefire unravels

 

 

ALEPPO: -- Less than 24 hours after a ceasefire was agreed, shelling has resumed in eastern Aleppo.

 

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/958603-evacuation-under-threat-as-aleppo-ceasefire-unravels/